Product Description

A mind-bending word recognition game as players race to break coded word
sequencesbreak codes, score points. Players are dealt a Squeeze Phrase
card with 5 categories and a one-word code. The race to solve them is on.
At any point a player feels they have correctly identified three codes,
they have the option of going for bonus points by solving all five puzzles,
or can pick up the "squeezie" and force all players to pass their cards.
After four rounds, the player with the most points wins.

Product Reviews

Squeeze Phrase is a unique game. That's probably the
best way to describe it. Being the first to review it, I
will give you a synopsis of how to play.

There are 2 rounds. In round 1 you deal one card and a
piece of paper to each player. In the center of the table a
ball sits within reach of all the players. You can't look
at your card until everyone's ready and someone says "Go!".

The cards contain 5 phrases (each in a different
category) that have the vowels removed. Each phrase is
assigned a point value (higher points for harder ones, lower
points for easier ones). Once you have written out the
answers to 3 or more of the phrases you can grab the ball
and holler "Squeeze Phrase!".

Now everyone must stop writing and pass their card to the
left. You continue doing the same thing with your new card.
This goes on until you get back the card you started the
round with.

Now it's time to check your answers. If playing with
people you don't trust, then pass answer sheets to the next
person to check them. For each phrase that you have solved
correctly, you get the points assigned to it on the card.
If you have solved all 5 of the phrases you get a 5 point
bonus.

Round 2 is played the same way, except the phrases on
these cards don't even have the spaces to delineate where
one word ends and another starts. Also the point values are
all doubled. Plus now you only need 2 answers written down
in order to grab the ball and call "Squeeze Phrase!".

Squeeze Phrase is an unusual game in that it is not just
a puzzle solving game. Once you get used to the style of
the puzzles every one is pretty much on a level playing
field. The trick to this game is making quick decisions.
These are the kinds of questions you will ask yourself:
Should I spend my time writing out that really long answer
to get the bonus points? Should I grab the ball and make
everyone else pass before they have time to finish? Should
I go straight for the high point phrases even though it will
take longer? Should I race through those low point ones and
hit everybody before they have time to think?

These quick decisions combined with the nice components
(the ball is sweet), make this a great game. The only
downside? Not enough cards to give it extensive
replay-ability. And believe me, you'll want to play again
and again.

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